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Yep, another small fishig boat .... Saint Patrick, Húicéir (irish) o Galway Hooker (Part 1) 1 Preface I finished the “Reines des Fleurs” and slowly started another model that I had pre-cut, it has the size and similarities of the “Cariad” pilot cutter that I made a few years ago, and also a...

1. Introduction A few weeks ago I finished a model of a Peruvian fishing boat from the 70's and I rested from the hustle and bustle of this revealing hobby. I took the opportunity to read a couple of books and one of them excited me, it is called “Los barcos se pierden en Tierra (Boats get lost...

Hi All This will be my next project. It is a Chines Boat from a very well known manufacturer "Shicheng Model". About the boat, I will paste here what is written on the instruction manual (picture below). As soon as I know more, It will be added. Nanhu Red Boat One day at the end of July...

First of all, I would like to apologize for my excess of information prior to the model development work itself, be it the history or origin of the ship, references or other topics, because for my part I like to be fully informed about the ship that I am going to build. model and evaluate...

Back in September, I was fortunate to receive this kit as a freebie from Model Expro, a special offer that came with the Occre Beagle kit someone gifted me. Lucky me!! I did a Midwest kit last July when I built the Sea Bright Dory. It was a fun build I passed on to my sister, who has a house...

Part 1 This is perhaps unorthodox but I have completed the model and now I am writing about it. I purchased the kit to get me back into building ship models and as a precursor for building the 1/350 Mini Art Enterprise CVN-65. Normally I build 1/48 scale airplanes. At any rate I bought the ship...

This is my second build of card model, the HMV Flower Class HMCS Corvette Agassiz in 1:250 scale. I hope you like it. Best Ioannis From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia HMCS Agassiz was a Flower-class corvette of the Royal Canadian Navy. Named after the community of Agassiz, British...

hello dearest. last year i started my Christmas present, the Amati Victory Models cutter Lady Nelson. pretty straightforward build, no big issues

This week I present to you a ship from my country, Peru. The model is that of the “Moly Aida”, the star ship of the film “Fitzcarraldo” which was set in the Peruvian Amazon. This 1982 German film was directed by Werner Herzog and starred Klaus Kinski, Claudia Cardinale. My work was based on the...

As far as possible, I will deliver a model of the boats that I made recently. Now I present to you a transport boat from the Flanders area, it is: Hasselter Aak It is a type of sailing transport barge, used in Flanders, with lengths that varied between 15 and 25 meters, initially they were...

Hello, in recent years I have prepared several models of small boats, they are not majestic like the frigates or liners that I see here, but I think that those gunboats, fishing boats or small sailing merchants have their charm. Please, excuse my english Påjama Brynhilda (Part 1a of 6)...

Excuse my English, because I am a Spanish speaker. “Spray” I have been a member of this forum for weeks now and I have had the pleasure of seeing the excellent models displayed here. Already "retired" and with time to spare, in recent years I have been doing naval modeling, but more than large...

It took about 2 months to complete

Hello Everyone! This is my first public Build Log. It's my 3rd ship (well, maybe 6th counting those I've started and put aside (aka gave up on for now). It's a fairly easy one (I think) and I'm taking my time with it, practicing my patience as well as skills. So, the Sea Bright Dory Lifeboat...

Hello modellers. As some of you will know I have just finished a Sopwith Camel, my most delicate model to date, never again such a fragile build for me. Talking to a friend about this he suggested I make him a harbour tug, this would be a more substantial build, one that I should be able to...

After nearly forty years.... yes, forty years! I decided the time had finally come to take this box off the shelf and tackle it again. I say again, because this is the second time I'm building this kit. The first was nearly forty years ago, and I gave the completed model to a family member. Who...

Below is an iconic picture of Anthony Fokker, circling the St Bavo Cathedral in Harlem in 1911 in his third aircraft, which is called "Spin" or "Spider". It marked the beginning of Fokker's impressive career as pioneer and aircraft designer and -builder. To be honest, the "Spin"was not very high...

Hello friends, I’ve recently retired and picked up this wonderful hobby about a year ago. I really like these small kits. Especially when I’m trying to gain as much knowledge of nautical terms along with skills for woodworking:-) I’ve had very little of either. The build starts with the...

This will be my second build log. I have already completed the Grand Banks Dory and Norwegian Sailing Pram. I saw the Peapod at half price so I picked it up. According to the instruction manual, the peapods originated in Maine in the 1800's and were used for one man lobster work until the...

My new hobby started summer of 2023 with an RV vacation that included a visit to historic Lunenburg, NS. While there we got to walk the decks of the Bluenose II and meet the captain. I saw many pricey prebuilt models of the Bluenose while there and once home was inspired to build my own. I...